Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 22, 2015

Stephan, I had to post this.

hooohohoho. can not stop almost laughing

I actually didn’t know where he was going until the punchline. Either I’m slipping or Pastis is getting better.

In this case I agree with Rat. Don’t care for that song at all.

I prefer the Sesame Street version, “How many elephants can fit in a room before they fall through the floor?”

It’s even funnier if you imagine Pig sounding like Bob Dylan.

Aww, that;s beeyootiful!

I’m thinking Bobby Allen Zimmerman never imagined this would ever happen to his song.

That would be too hard on my brain to figure out before the 6th panel. So yes, blow him up real good!

what…..?I think the answer is 4.

Go on, Rat…push the plunger.Stephan deserves it!

I saw at once that this is a Pun Sunday and that a pun was coming, but I didn’t see the actual pun until the set-up was done. Can I help you with the plunger, Rat?

BOOM!

I needed “One More Cup of Coffee” before I got this. But “One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)” that these puns bring on “Tears of Rage”. “Tell Me That It Isn’t True” that I’ll have to put on my “Boots of Spanish Leather” before I stomp “All Over You”. “All I Really Want to Do” is enjoy the Sunday comics. But maybe it would be better if I was “Watching the River Flow” then I wouldn’t have to be “The Wicked Messenger” tell you to “Quit Your Low Down Ways”. If you don’t I’m “Gonna Change My Way of Thinking” and say “Farewell” to this strip.

How many times must Pastis sit at his desk before he writes out a pun ? The answer my friends is blowing in the wind……………………………………………

Normally I enjoy a terrible pun, but this…this was dire.

Step away Rat and let me at that plunger! Awful. Just awful…

Mr Downs, take the roast and give it to the ants.

After all……

The ants are my friendsThey’re blowin in the windThe ants are blowin in the wind

I hate myself for liking such terrible puns!

All together now!!!♫♫♪If I had a hammer,I’d hammer him this morningI’d hammer him this eveningAll over his head.I’d hammer out pun stuffI’d hammer out bad jokes….♫♪♫

For connoisseurs of the pun and the groaner google “Tarzan’s Tripes Forever” to get to a site that has many of them.

42!

After a Brady Bunch reunion, the actress that played Marcia puts her cup of tea down, turns to the one that played Jan and asks, “Who’s living in that funny looking house next door, Eve?”“Wee old Lavinia Yellowsuds, Maureen.”There’s a start on next Sunday’s strip, anyway.

Yeah, it was obvious what type of strip we were dealing with, but the actual pun… Nope, didn’t see that one. Excellent work Pastis. Now smile for the dynamite.

New Chinese cook book,,, 101 ways to wok your dog.

Push the plunger please!

DON’T TOUCH THAT PLUNGER! That was brilliant, and I want more!

lol BLOW HIM UP!!!!!

Wow, didn’t get it at first, I knew it was coming though.

I kept trying to figure out the pun before the end but couldn’t. This one made me laugh.

Pastis must suffer from a lot of all-night indigestion to come up with his wonderfully funny puns.

Let’s just can the blowing people up stuff for now, how about that?

Rat is getting more violent. Must be Pastis’s puns are taking its toll.

For someone who doesn’t exercise, Pastis sure is adept at stretches…

Most of Pastis’ puns are so obvious they are telegraphed way in advance. This one is good.

Whoa, Pastis, earned your pay this time.

A plunger and a time bomb too? It doesn’t matter who presses the plunger, because pretty soon it’ll be Time Out of Mind. Pretty soon Pastis will be Knocking On Heaven’s Door.

Turkeys can wok, but can’t fly. Right, Mr. Carlson?

One of the things I LOVE about the Sunday pun strips beyond the deliciously groanable puns is knowing that its coming, trying to guess the pun before it hits and then being surprised. Keep ’em up, Cartoon Boy!

I was laughing the minute he used the word “Wok”.

Ah, Bob Dylan.

that’s an old one

i like puns and i’m not ashamed and i fail to see what’s wrong with that. it may be genetic or poor upbringing. my dad loves telling this kind of joke. long windup leading to a pun

I hope Bob Dylan appreciates this elaborate pun.

The Ants are my friends…

Now, Rat, that’s not right at all! It happens way too fast for it to mean anything. You need to get some napalm.

Everybody must get stoned…..in order to read this comic strip.

Long live “Spoonerisms”!!

Since I bought a wok a few months ago, I’ve been trying out a lot of things with it, and reading quite a bit on using it. Haven’t tried a roast, but I can make a mean Mongolian beef. Unfortunately, the word wok does lend itself to puns, and it seems like everyone who writes about wokkery has one or a dozen. So I was kind of burned out on wok jokes already by the time I came to this strip.Still, you have to give Pastis credit for keeping on coming up with new ones.

Can’t stop laughing…quite a set up!

OMG, this has to be the best PBS pun since You can’t always get what you won!

I’m British and I didn’t get this one.

xxx

Another wonderful gem!

bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love it! LOL

He is getting trickier – but that’s not necessarily a good thing! This one does deserve the plunger. Carry on Rat!

Elaborate!

I saw the awful pun coming by the second panel. I swear to God, Stephan is running out of ideas. The horrible pun strips aren’t even funny, and they got old several months ago. The only good parts of these strips anymore is when Rat kills Stephan at the end. Seriously, this strip used to be funny.

No offense to Mr. Pastis, of course. If you see this comment, Stephan, I’m sorry for the harsh words. But honestly, I don’t think I’m the only one who’s gotten tired of the constant pun strips.

I love these elaborate pun setups, but my favorite is still “Dunk rye for me, Arch and Tina.”

In high school I had an English teacher who would do these frequently, like “The furry with the syringe on top” or “The thong is gone but the malady lingers on.”

Harsh. Who knew Steph was a big Piraro buff?!

“A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.” — Oliver Wendell, Sr. Holmes (1809-94), U.S. writer, physician. The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, ch. 1 (1858).

bravo

how many puns must a man think up before they call him a cartoonist. and how many critics must voice their disapproval before they quit bothering with the strip. the answer my friends has to do with your windiness, the answer is based on windiness!

I love this strip. I try to guess what the pun may be befroe the end. It takes brilliance to create a pun.Thanks Stephan!

I’m solidly behind Rat on this one. Stephan has definitely taken the pun to an all-time new low with this.

Maybe Stephan would do a better job of writing if he didn’t have to sleep on the porch!

Stephen Pastis must DIE!!!

Love it. Best comic strip in the world!

Well played, Pastis, well played.

Looks like Pastis is a Dead Nan Woking.

Not quite as good as “Dunk rye for me, Arch and Tina”, but close.

I guess Stephan just knows how to get Rat’s Goat.

How can Pastis – or his publishers – sleep at night after this? I guess it’s my own fault: by the second panel, I felt that sensation of dread, the weakness in my knees, the heart palpitations, the bristling of the hairs on the back of my neck, the sudden gush of bile into my throat, that are unmistakable signals of a Pearls Pun Strip building to it’s hideous climax, yet I continued reading. Like a deer staring into the headlights of an onrushing tractor-trailer rig, or a moth being drawn to it’s doom in a bonfire, I couldn’t look away!

How many roads must a man walk, down, before they call him a man?

Ahahahahahaha that is the true purest form of lameness.